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What is msssrv.exe? McAfee AntiSpyware?

Vendor:      Inc.
Product:     McAfee AntiSpyware
Vendor Website:      http://us.mcafee.com/root/promo.asp?id=freemsk&cid=13196
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: Msssrv.exe - McAfee AntiSpyware main process. If stopped, computer will not have the anti-spywareprotection afforded by this application.

msssrv.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


msssrv.exe is known to be a bad process. Learn more about protecting your PC from these bad processes with PC Matic.
msssrv.exe could be a harmful process. Learn more about protecging your PC from these potential harmful processes with PC Matic.
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msssrv.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
Learn more about protecting yourself from bad versions of this file with PC Matic.

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
msssrv.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x1f1f459e191fd540d0c4f306bdd500a9 10/25/2015 3:51:00 PM Unknown 1.00.1117.0 McAfee AntiSpyware 88 KB
2 Status 0xf16e46b75fcc87d58e8420bb117a1bb3 3/23/2011 2:50:00 AM Unknown 1.10.163.0 McAfee AntiSpyware 144 KB
3 Status 0x585baf98debaa94ad0db85df1badada7 4/22/2010 1:45:00 AM Unknown 1.10.149.0 McAfee AntiSpyware 144 KB
4 Status 0xe0bc2862ae21595231052d191e69d3d6 4/1/2010 11:53:00 PM Unknown 1.10.158.0 McAfee AntiSpyware 144 KB
5 Status 0xfef8704e5b1bf6d0ce4b87d9a9eb675f 8/11/2009 1:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee AntiSpyware 164 KB
6 Status 0xf413285a334a87052bcabbec91ee5c0a 1/22/2009 3:23:00 AM Unknown 1.10.136.0 McAfee AntiSpyware 144 KB
7 Status 0x965d12d082fa44798d12be2a6017a137 10/13/2008 5:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee AntiSpyware 96 KB
8 Status 0xe1c413fd2e20600b5423ea237c61c14f 9/13/2008 11:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee AntiSpyware 96 KB


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